Pros Roosen auction ending with a total of 1.368.000 EUR!

On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of January 2011 the entire pigeon collection of the late Pros Roosen was put up for sale. The sale took place in auction room "Oad Thoear" in Thorn (NL) over a period of 2 days. In total 218 were auctioned off. On both days bidders were eager to win superb birds like the "Superkweker Freddy", "Blauwe Prins" and "Tarzan".

The most prominent birds on Saturday 8th of January were especially the "Blauwe Prins/Blue Prince", going for 156,000 EUR, "Crackje" going for 78,000 EURO and "Nest Sister" being sold for 60,000 EURO. 130 pigeons were sold for a total amount of 853,000 EUR, averaging 6,567 EUR per pigeon.

On Sunday 9th of January the auction drew a smaller crowd, nevertheless pigeons were sold for large amounts: "Flits" being sold for 66,000 EUR, "Late Child Freddy" for 60,000 EUR and finally "Tarzan" going for 31,200 EUR.